<p>That's a good question. It depends on a person's finances. $30,000 is peanuts to some and a fortune to others.</p>
<p>Alex, you have 13 schools under the top 10, 16 under the next 15 and leave Cal-Berkeley and W&L off completely.</p>
<p>Great observations Gellino. That's because there are 14 Law schools that are considered good enough for top 10 honors. Cal and W&L are indeed among those top Law schools but I did not accidentally leave them out. It just so happens that out of the 5 sMichigan students who got into Boalt Hall, 0 chose to enroll. Same with W&L.</p>
<p>Any enrollment numbers available for Penn or Columbia or Stanford? </p>
<p>I think seeing those would help decide which ugrads are better off too</p>
<p>Enrollment Numbers for Penn for the most recent round of LS admissions:</p>
<p>Yale: 5 (enrolled)
Harvard: 24
Stanford: 5
NYU: 15
Columbia: 14
Chicago: 5
Penn: 19
Berkeley: 19
Michigan: 9
Virginia: 6
Duke: 5
Northwestern: 6
Cornell: 4
Gtown: 15</p>
<p>Total is 151. Michigan is 2.5 times larger than Penn. Although note that Penn doesn't feed into Penn as does Michigan into Michigan, so considering that, the ratio is notably better than at Michigan, especially in terms of school diversity. </p>
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Out of roughly 1,000 Michigan students applying to Law schools, 15% end up at top 10 Law schools and an additional 10% end up at top 25 Law schools.
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137/1000 is only 14% actually ;) Also is that 1,000 students or 1000 alumni + students?</p>
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there are 14 Law schools that are considered good enough for top 10 honors
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<p>I assume you meant that "there are 14 schools good enough for top 14 honors"</p>
<p>Aurelius's post seems to show 26% of Penn grads who enroll in law school attending top TEN schools. Thirty-three percent in top 14 schools.</p>
<p>There are 14 "Top 10 law".</p>
<p>afan,</p>
<p>A joke from many law students and law professors and lawyers alike is that there are about 14 or 15 "top 10" law schools.</p>
<p>Alexandre meant what he wrote.</p>
<p>Afan, my point is that there is virtually no difference between #10 Northwestern and #14 Georgetown. Whether one says top 14 or top 10, doesn't matter. There are roughly 14 Law schools of equal calibre.</p>
<p>Aurelius, since you are intent on exact figures, I think we should be more accurate. </p>
<p>1) Michigan may be 2.5X larger than Penn, but in terms of students who are interested in Law school, Michigan is less than twice larger than Penn. Afterall, 630 Penn alums and students applied to Law school compared to 1,180 Michigan alums and students. Clearly, both schools have large pre-law populations, but Penn, in terms of portion of the total student body is slighly more pre-law focused.</p>
<p>2) According to the link you provide above, Penn did not enroll 151 students and alums into top 14 Law schools. It enrolled 135 (compared to Michigan's 137). </p>
<p>3) All in all, 80% of Penn Law school applicants got into a Law school compared to 78% of Michigan Law School applicants. </p>
<p>Obviously, Penn's numbers are definitely more impressive than Michigan's. I would never expect it to be otherwise. Penn's student body is smaller and on average, slightly more talented. But are the differences in ratios as extreme as one may think? I don't think so. Out of Michigan's law school applicants, 12% enroll into "top 10" Law schools and another 9% enroll into top 25 but not "top 10" Law schools. All in all, 21% enroll into top 25 Law schools. At Penn, 21% enroll into "top 10" Law schools and another 15% enroll into top 25 but not "top 10" Law schools. All in all, 36% enroll into top 25 Law schools. </p>
<p>So yes, there is a difference, but it is not extreme. 12% and 21% at Michigan vs 21% and 36% at Penn. The difference is probably associated with the fact that at Michigan, the top quarter of the students are roughly equal to the top third of the students at Penn. Like I said all along, there is a difference, only not as large as people may think. Given both their sizes, I'd say both are bloody impressive.</p>
<p>I would like to congratulate every lawyer in the country for having graduated from one of the 250 top 20 law schools.</p>
<p>I was crunching the numbers for the past four years and I’m pretty sure that 250 law schools can’t be in the top 20 law schools in America.</p>
<p>Just FYI, This is a three year old thread.</p>